Question 1 What is the difference between a pure culture and a mixed culture? Pure cultures contain a single species. Mixed cultures contain two or more species. Pure cultures contain at least two species. Mixed cultures contain four or more species. Nothing these terms are interchangeable. Pure cultures contain two or more species. Mixed cultures contain a single species. Question 2 When you transfer something aseptically, what are you taking care to do? Not to contaminate the environment. Not to contaminate others around you. All answers are correct. O Not to contaminate yourself. Question 3 Why would you grow organisms in broth media? Broths are used when fresh cultures or large numbers of microbes are needed. Broths are used when you want to identify a species. Broths are used for colony morphology studies. Broths are used to grow stock cultures that can be refrigerated and maintained for several weeks.

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What is the difference between a pure culture and a mixed culture?
Pure cultures contain a single species. Mixed cultures contain two or more species.
Pure cultures contain at least two species. Mixed cultures contain four or more species.
O Nothing these terms are interchangeable.
O Pure cultures contain two or more species. Mixed cultures contain a single species.
Question 2
When you transfer something aseptically, what are you taking care to do?
Not to contaminate the environment.
O Not to contaminate others around you.
All answers are correct.
O Not to contaminate yourself.
Question 3
Why would you grow organisms in broth media?
Broths are used when fresh cultures or large numbers of microbes are needed.
Broths are used when you want to identify a species.
Broths are used for colony morphology studies.
Broths are used to grow stock cultures that can be refrigerated and maintained for several weeks.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 1 What is the difference between a pure culture and a mixed culture? Pure cultures contain a single species. Mixed cultures contain two or more species. Pure cultures contain at least two species. Mixed cultures contain four or more species. O Nothing these terms are interchangeable. O Pure cultures contain two or more species. Mixed cultures contain a single species. Question 2 When you transfer something aseptically, what are you taking care to do? Not to contaminate the environment. O Not to contaminate others around you. All answers are correct. O Not to contaminate yourself. Question 3 Why would you grow organisms in broth media? Broths are used when fresh cultures or large numbers of microbes are needed. Broths are used when you want to identify a species. Broths are used for colony morphology studies. Broths are used to grow stock cultures that can be refrigerated and maintained for several weeks.
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